Sudden bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in a patient immunocompromised by the human immunodeficiency virus

Abstract It is known that in less than a third of patients presenting sudden hearing loss, the disorder can be attributed to viral infection, trauma, neoplasms, and vascular and autoimmune diseases. However, the role of the HIV in the onset of this disease has not yet been well described. A 46-year-...

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Main Authors: Rafael Freire de Castro, Ludmilla Emilia Martins Costa, Felipe Costa Neiva, Fabio Akira Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000500705&lng=en&tlng=en